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June 18, 2025

We're On the Move!

A reminder that we are on a journey to our new meeting place - Maggiano’s Little Italy, Perimeter Mall, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, GA. Here's where you'll find us for the next few weeks:

  • This week, we're at the Dunwoody Country Club on Thursday night - to celebrate our Rotary Year (see story below)
  • Saturday, June 21, you can go to Bounds Gardens at 9:00 AM
  • Next Friday - June 27 - will be our first meeting at Maggiano's.

And while we'll keep meeting Fridays at Maggiano's, the week after our move we're still "on the move" - with the float decorating party on June 29 and the rest of our July 4 tradition. Join us on the parade route or at the hot dog stand to welcome in the new Rotary year. We hope to see everyone everywhere!!!

June 19 Special Event
Don’t Miss Our End of Year Celebration!!!

We hope you are planning to join us Thursday, June 19 at 5:30pm for our end of the Rotary year celebration at the Dunwoody Country Club. The Rotary Club of Dunwoody will celebrate our recent Club of the Year award and all we have accomplished during Louise Barden’s year as President. 

You and a guest are invited for this dinner event tomorrow night, but please reach out today to Dave Burr (dave@mailcenteretc.com) to confirm your reservation.

As part of the celebration, Louise Barden is creating centerpieces for the tables which the dinner guests can purchase for $25. All the proceeds will be donated to Anchor Place Respite Dunwoody.

Anchor Place Respite Celebrates First Birthday!

Dunwoody Rotarians joined Anchor Place Respite Care last Saturday to celebrate a major milestone - the one-year anniversary of Anchor Place! What an incredible celebration at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Dunwoody, GA. Huge congratulations to Mary Cohen, the program’s dedicated leader, who has guided this vital community resource from its early days to the thriving success it is today.
A special shoutout to our very own Charlie Augello, of E. 48 Street Market, for his unwavering support of this program.
During the celebration, Mary took time to recognize all the amazing supporters who made this first year possible, including our own Louise and Ron Barden, Jackie Cuthbert, Fred Bounds, Tina and David Philpot, Les Woulfin and Anne Glenn.

It truly takes a village of volunteers to make programs like this work! And we're proud to have been part of the start of this fine program and an integral part of its future!

Rotary International News
RI Names New President for 2025-26

You may remember Matthew mentioning last Friday that the RI President-Elect had announced he was stepping down from his presidency that would have started July 1. This past Saturday, Rotary International announced a new President for 2025-26 -  Francesco Arezzo of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy.

Current RI President Stephanie Urchick said, "Francesco Arezzo has been a member of Rotary for more than 30 years and is a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation.  His dedication to Rotary values and vision for a better world make him a remarkable choice to lead us forward.  This transition reminds us that Rotary is more than any one individual—it is a global movement, deeply rooted in fellowship and service, capable of adapting and thriving no matter the challenge.  Now is the time to Unite for Good under Francesco’s leadership, and together we will propel Rotary into a future defined by hope, action, and community."

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